The ADTSEA 3.0 Curriculum references the AAA How to Drive textbook and features enhanced lesson plans and content, new content topics, new videos from AAA and other organizations to meet the objectives, enhanced visuals and enhanced learning activities and worksheets. Each unit now features words to know, video review worksheets, unit review questions, a definitions page, and a words to know matchup worksheet.

It is recommended that each student receives and uses a copy of the textbook while in the driver education program. The individual program or provider is responsible for selecting the textbook utilized. Any of the three textbooks listed above will meet the requirements of a quality driver education program. Also, instructors and students should have a copy of their state’s “Driver’s Handbook” for use in the program. If a driver education program utilizes a textbook not listed above, the program or provider will need to match the appropriate textbook reading material in the “Resources” column of the curriculum.

The “Driver Education Classroom and In-Car Curriculum” guide is divided into 14 units or 45 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours of in-car instruction. The curriculum provides unit quizzes with 10 quiz questions at the end of each unit. Instructors are encouraged to add additional quiz questions. At the end of the curriculum is Appendix A: In-Car Instruction and Appendix B: Final Exam Forms A and B.

The Curriculum consists of printed lesson plans, quizzes, in-car lessons and final exam, one data CD, which contain lesson plans and quizzes for all 13 units in Adobe PDF for printing purposes, 6 in-car lesson plans and a final exam; two DVD’s, which contain the presentation slides and embedded videos, and one HOW to DRIVE textbook. The first DVD consists of visual aids for Units 1 – 8 and the second DVD consists of visual aids for Units 9 – 14.

Data CD:

Printable Lesson Plans for Units 1-14

Unit 1 in Microsoft Word

Dashboard BINGO materials

Appendix A: In-Car Lessons

Appendix B: Final Exam

DVD 1 - Slides and Videos for Units 1 - 8:

Unit 1: Introduction to Novice Driver Responsibilities and the Licensing System

Printed materials:

Preface

14 unit lesson plans

Quizzes

6 in-car lessons

Final exam forms A and B

HOW to DRIVE textbook

The recommended method for presenting the visual information in this curriculum is to use a DVD player and an HDTV or HD video projector and screen. You may play the curriculum video DVD in your computer, provided that you have a DVD drive and DVD player installed on your computer. Due to the variance in computer DVD drives and DVD player programs, ADTSEA cannot guarantee that the video DVD will work with your computer.

There are two methods to utilize the Curriculum Video DVD:

Method One:DVD Player Mode: For the recommended method, you will need a DVD player (or Blue-ray Player) and an HDTV set to present the images and videos. You may also use an HD Projector connected directly to the DVD player or computer. It is critical that you become familiar with your DVD remote prior to conducting your classroom session. Not all DVD remotes look the same. There are several buttons you will utilize on your DVD remote or player to control the slides/videos on the DVD.

Method Two:PC Mode: You will need a personal computer with a DVD drive. It should also have a sound card, speakers and a remote control (optional). Additionally, it should also have DVD playback software. A video projector (preferable an HD Projector) must be used with a PC.

NOTE: The Curriculum is designed to be used with a standalone DVD player since it utilizes the remote control buttons, therefore some functions might not be available if it is used with a PC and software based player.